L.A. libraries are cut to 5 days a week

Service will be reduced another eight hours at all 73 facilities starting July 6 with the layoff of 101 workers. The reductions are criticized by the citizens group L.A. Neighbors United.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's appointees at the Los Angeles Public Library voted Thursday to cut the number of library hours by eight per week as part of the city's larger plan to trim expenses by reducing public services.